Royal Australian naval ship visits Kochi

Royal Australia Navy (RAN) ship HMAS Newcastle arrived here today on a four-day visit.
The Commanding Officer of the Ship MD Sirois accompanied by Captain Sheldon Williams called on Vice Admiral A R Karve AVSM, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command(SNC) for interactions on issues of common interest to both navies, a Naval press release said.
A friendly volleyball match between teams from SNC and the visiting ship was also played.
During the ship's stay, various activities such as guided tour for Indian Naval personnel onboard HMAS Newcastle, conducted tour of some of the training units under SNC at Kochi like the Navigation & Direction, Anti- Submarine Warfare School, Damage Control Training Facility 'Avinash,' for thevisiting ship's crew have been planned.

On their departure on July 7, the RAN ship is expected to participate in a passage Exercise with IN Ships off Kochi.
Recently, IN Ships Jyoti, Shivalik and Kamorta from Eastern Fleet had also visited Freemantle, Australia from June 13-17 and participated in the second edition of AUSINDEX- 17, a bilateral maritime exercise between the two navies, it sad.